Matt Brown meets Rich Attonito at The Ultimate Fighter 13 Finale

“The Immortal” likely has one last shot to get a win before he gets shuffled out of the octagon.

Matt Brown (11-10 MMA, 4-4 UFC) is expected to meet Rich Attonito (9-4 MMA, 2-1 UFC) at The Ultimate Fighter 13, according to sources close to the event who today told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) that verbal agreements are in place for the bout.

The Ultimate Fighter 13 Finale takes place June 4 at The Pearl at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, and its main card airs live on Spike TV.

Brown was scheduled to meet Marc Scanlon earlier this month at UFC on Versus 3 before Scanlon withdrew from the fight for undisclosed reasons. Brown was fortunate, though, to receive another fight in the UFC given his current three-fight losing streak to Ricardo Almeida, Chris Lytle and Brian Foster. All the losses came by way of submission.

That’s usable intelligence for opponent Attonito, an American Top Team product and veteran of “The Ultimate Fighter 11″ who encountered the first professional setback of his octagon career when he lost on points to Dave Branch at The Ultimate Fighter 12 Finale.

Brown, however, could be encouraged by the fact that the majority of Attonito’s wins come by way of TKO. While “The Ultimate Figher 7″ cast member’s TKO wins barely outpace those gained by submission, Brown surely will look to make the fight a standup affair. Prior to his recent skid, he won four of his first five UFC fights mostly on the merit of his aggressive striking.

It’s unknown if Brown vs. Attonito will air on televised main card of The Ultimate Fighter 13 Finale.

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